I am a Bball junkie when it comes to the first 4 days of NCAA tourney. I have watched at least 30 of the games thru today. Whether its a Power conference team or the mid-majors playing in the tourney, 2 things UA did not have all season are very apparent . I know we have discussed these before but the lack of athleticism and lack of 3 point shooters for UA compared to tourney teams is glaring. We have no big men who can run the floor. High seeds like Loyola- Chicago, Buffalo, even UMBC have them. And so many tourney teams have 4 guys on the floor who can shoot the three. We had Charles and Stire who never shoot any, Campbell who never should have shot any, leaving Cremo and Nichols only. Game is changing so CB has to change his recruiting to match the game. The old grind it out, methodical offense may not work anymore to beat the top teams and quarterfinal AE losses will continue. Just my observation.

I agree UA does not get the respect they deserve. We are not a "blue blood program" so people think we are a Loyola from 2012, flash in pan, will settle back to second tier once some solid guys graduate. We have been a solid program since 2007 but it's true we blew some chances in quarterfinal games, lost to Hartford in AE tourney, etc. We don't get the HS all-americans the blue bloods get (we do get top Indian players), so give Marr the credit for teaching these kids how to improve their game. We can shut all the nay-sayers up by winning a title. This is the year, with Fields, JD, Reh, McClancy graduating, we will be ok next year, but probably not championship caliber.